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The most important point in the battle between the Han army and the Cao army is to seize the upper hand. Once one side seizes the upper hand, it will gain the upper hand and make the other party unable to fight back. In the battle a few months ago, the two sides took turns to gain the upper hand, but this time the Han army took the upper hand. machine. (Update is the fastest and most stable)

The entire mountain was engulfed by raging fire. More than a thousand Cao soldiers who had just gone up the mountain were about to launch kerosene. They were forced to retreat down the mountain and watched dozens of heavy trebuchets fall into the sea of ​​flames and be burned to the ground.

Suddenly a flame exploded violently, a huge tongue of flame shot straight into the sky, and there was a deafening crackling sound. Thousands of tanks of kerosene stored on the top of the mountain were ignited by the fire, and the clay pots exploded in succession.

The soldiers of Cao Jun on the top of the city were so frightened that they raised their shields to resist. Even so, the flaming pottery fragments hit many soldiers, and there was a scream from above the top of the city.

At this time, Liu Jing, king of the Han Dynasty, had appeared on the hill outside the northern city, standing behind him with hundreds of cavalry guards, and beside him was the military advisor Jia Xu. Jia Xu and Ma Jun rushed from Chang'an to Hefei together. And experience can give Liu Jing advice and suggestions at critical moments.

For example, now that the Battle of Hefei has entered the late stage, and the Han army is at a strategic turning point, Liu Jing is also hesitating about how to end the Hefei Battle.

Jia Xu looked at the raging fire on the hill in the city and smiled: "It's like a huge beacon telling Shouchun that the Han army is coming back again."

Liu Jing understands what Jia Xu means, and Jia Xu actually does this without much meaning. Liu Jing also laughed: "Once the counterattack in the city is suppressed, you can attack the North City from above, forcing the defenders of the North City to retreat from the top of the city, and then have the opportunity to conquer the North City. "

"Does Your Highness really plan to take Hefei by force?"

Liu Jing nodded, "At the beginning, the battle of national power consumed Cao Jun's national power, but now Cao Jun thinks that taking Hefei will give Cao Pi a serious setback, which will arouse Cao Jun's dissatisfaction."

"But doing so will only force Cao Cao to hand over the military power to Cao Pi, and Cao Cao will even use Zang Ba as a scapegoat to pass the responsibility to Zang Ba. After all, Cao Cao has to consider the overall situation. At this time, should he change his son?"

Although Liu Jing had decided to break the city, Jia Xu's persuasion shook his determination a little. Jia Xu's loss of Hefei would not damage Cao Pi's reputation. On the contrary, Cao Cao would strengthen Cao Pi's reputation and power so that Cao Pi could get rid of the adverse effects of Hefei's defeat.

Liu Jing pondered for a moment: "What about Mr. Jia's opinion?"

Jia Xu smiled slightly, "The best way is to attack but not break. Force Cao Pi to take the initiative to seek peace. Once Cao Jun ends the Hefei Battle by seeking peace, they will withdraw from the southeast and will not openly interfere with the Han army's military operations against Jiangdong. Isn't that the best result?"

"But just attacking Hefei without breaking it may not be able to force Cao Jun to sue for peace!"

Jia Xu said slowly, "Isn't Your Highness's strategy correct? We're consuming Cao Wei's national strength, listen to Xu Shangshu, Wei Guo's autumn grain harvest, and domestic financial constraints. Li Fu has also destroyed Xianbei's foreign aid. It is estimated that there will be civil unrest in Wei Guo due to food shortage before next spring, Your Highness. Why not keep going?"

Liu Jing nodded and Jia Xu won a lot of national power contests before the Han army completely won. Once Cao Cao's national power fails, even his heart will not be able to intervene in the Jiangdong crisis.

At this time, Jia Xu took out another kit from his bosom and handed it to Liu Jing with a smile: "I will go back in a few days. After that, His Highness can open the kit and make sure that Cao Cao bows his head and surrenders."

Liu Jing took the kit and looked at it and couldn't help laughing, "It turns out that the military division has been preparing and looking forward to opening this kit."

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Liu Jing adopted Jia Xu's strategy and used boats to build pontoon bridges. Tens of thousands of Han troops crossed the moat and attacked the earth hills outside the northern city of Hefei day and night. Within a few days, the North City collapsed again, causing Cao Jun to be in chaos.

Although the Han army attacked day and night and the city fell, Hefei City was still in danger. Wanjun went north to fight and intercept Cao's reinforcements. The two sides fought fiercely in Chengde County between Hefei and Shouchun.

This fierce battle caused heavy losses to both sides. The Cao army killed 5000 people and was forced to return to Shouchun, while the Han army also lost nearly 8000 people, but Cao's attempt to reinforce Hefei was thwarted.

After the Battle of Chengde, Liu Jing slowed down the siege of Hefei, so that Cao Pi and Cao Ren finally got a respite.

The battle of Hefei has passed in a flash and more than a month has passed. It is January 22, Jian'an, and the battle of Hefei has lasted for more than half a year. The Cao army has lost nearly 4 people. The mobilization of troops reached 2.

The protracted battle has greatly tested the national strength of both sides. The Han government has exhausted its food reserves and can only use cattle and sheep in its hands to exchange food from the people. It has successively recruited more than 30 civilians and spent countless gold and copper coins. Various weapons and military funds have almost been exhausted. The storage capacity of Chaisang fire oil has dropped sharply from the peak of [-] barrels to less than [-] barrels.

Compared with the Han State, the situation in the Wei State is more serious. Yedu's financial resources have been exhausted, and the whole country is on the verge of collapse.

In this fat battle, Cao Jun has transported nearly 150 million shi of grain from all over the country, confiscated more than [-] people, nearly half of the grain was spent on the road, not only the food wasted a lot, but also money and various materials were poured into the bottomless pit of war. It has broken through a thousand dollars per meter to make the public resentment boil.

The people in Hebei area are especially struggling to raise military rations. Governments around the country continue to increase taxes and food, causing people to live in dire straits. At the end of December, the Bohai tycoon Gao Kan rebelled in Nanpi.

Not only Hejian County, Changshan County and Bohai County, but also large-scale hungry uprisings broke out successively. Cao Cao was forced to order Cao Zhang to lead [-] Youzhou troops into Hebei to quell the chaos.

Xu Yi, the governor of the capital of Ye, hurried into the Tongque Terrace until he came to Cao Cao's recuperation and rejuvenation hall. The guards went in and reported for a while, and came out to Xu Yi: "Xu Changshi, Mr. Wei, please!"

Xu Yi breathed a sigh of relief, Duke Wei was finally willing to see him, and hurried into the inner hall, Xu Yi, Cao Cao's most trusted confidant, before Cao Pi was still in charge of government affairs, every time Cao Cao went out to fight, he would hand over the power of government affairs to Xu Yi, and this time Cao Pi was in charge of Cao Cao in Shouchun Poor health and government affairs once again fell on Xu Yi's shoulders.

Only this time, Xu Yi’s life was really sad. Wei’s internal and external diplomatic difficulties forced him to be overwhelmed. Several times he persuaded Cao Cao to give up the Hefei campaign, but Cao Cao never listened and continued to send more troops to Hefei. In the end, he simply refused to see Xu Yi. interview.

Although the national power of Wei State was exhausted and the political situation was critical, Cao Cao's condition worsened and he got better, and his second son Cao Zhang lived up to his expectations and suppressed the rebels in Hebei one by one.

However, Cao Cao received an urgent letter from Cao Pi this morning. In the letter, Cao Pi proposed for the first time to end the Battle of Hefei.

Even more serious, the kerosene in the city of Hefei has been exhausted, and the trebuchets have been damaged. More than [-]% of them are unable to destroy the Han army pontoon bridge. Fearing the enemy's arrows and fighting the enemy bravely, he repelled the Han army and kept the west gate.

Not only that, Hefei's food can only last for another month, and Shouchun's food is almost exhausted. Cao Pi hopes to send another 30 shi of food. If the financial resources are really low, he can consider ending the battle of Hefei.

In fact, Cao Cao didn't know that our national strength was inferior to that of Han, and he didn't know that Hefei would be unable to hold it sooner or later. Cao Cao hoped that the battle of Hefei would also drag down Han, so that the Han army would be unable to conquer Jiangdong again and buy Jiangdong time to restore its national strength.

Cao Cao is very aware of the importance of Jiangdong. As long as Jiangdong exists for a day, Liu Jing will not dare to attack Wei on a large scale.

But the ruthless reality finally defeated Cao Cao's last ray of hope, but the current situation, regardless of national strength and the army, finally couldn't hold on.

At this time Xu Yi came in and bowed to salute: "My minister sees Duke Wei!"

Cao Cao sighed softly when he saw that he was so thin that he seemed to be ten years old: "This time has been a long history."

Xu Yi's nose was sour and tears almost fell into trembling voice: "No matter how hard and tired I am, I can bear it, but Wei Guo can't bear it anymore, nothing can be reduced, even the emperor can only eat twice a day."

"That waste will only waste food!"

Cao Cao snorted coldly and asked again: "How much food do you have now?"

"Reporting to Wei Gong... the food is exhausted!"

"Won't Neicang return 20 shi of grain?" Cao Cao was angry.

Xu Yi was so frightened that he repeatedly kowtowed, "Wei Gong and his last life-saving food, if they are transferred to Hefei, I am afraid that even the ministers will starve to death."

Cao Cao stared for a while and finally had to give up the idea of ​​food adjustment. After a moment of silence, Cao Cao asked again: "How is the situation in Han?"

"Although the situation in Han is not good, it is much stronger than ours. At least we have millions of cattle and sheep, and the convenience of transportation of beef and mutton in winter is enough to ensure the supply of military food."

Cao Cao felt a little displeased and said, "Ask how the financial resources of Han are like this! Tell Chang'an how much is the price of rice?"

"Chang'an has already implemented food rationing. No buying and selling of food is allowed. Everyone, including children, can get half a liter of rice to flee to Chang'an every day. The same goes for the hungry people in Chang'an. There are even mutton soup provided on the streets of Chang'an every day."

Cao Cao paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, stopped in his tracks, stared blankly at the roof, and finally heaved a long sigh: "It has been decided to stop the Battle of Hefei!"